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I used to do an experiment when I lived in New York. When I would travel overseas, and someone would ask where I was from, I tried being more specific in order to see if someone in Athens or Shanghai would have any consciousness of Long Island. To my surprise most (it seemed), did.
In the MRI world, many of you know about Damadian’s geography and his (perhaps controversial) role in the genesis of our field. When I was chair at Stony Brook, I invited him to come and speak of that history, as he lived just a few miles from Stony Brook, still. He went off on quite a bizarre (and disturbing) tangent. What I really wanted him to speak about was the dead ends and zig zagging that helped to bring us where we are today.
JMRI receives few safety focused papers, but we look at these carefully due to their import, and the role our journal plays in ensuring the broad acceptance of MRI.
These worlds collided this weekend with a tragic accident. The first news reports referred to it happening “in New York,” but seemingly overnight they localized it to Long Island assuming- like my China test- that their viewers would know where that was.
From what I can surmise, a patient was undergoing an open knee MRI, with her husband waiting in the control area. The husband was wearing a large 10 kg metal necklace for weight training. He went into the scan room to help his wife off the table and was pulled into the magnet. He became asphyxiated and died a bit later from cardiac arrest.
For one of my first research projects, I was a volunteer for my own study (back when you could do that). We had no technician to operate the unit, and we had zero safety training. I went into the scanner with my watch on my wrist. Fortunately, there was no overt effect by the bore. However, when I was driving home after scanning, I noted the time being given by news radio was different than the time on my watch. My first thought was “what a stupid newscaster, can’t even get the time right,” rather than “what a stupid researcher, doesn’t know the basics of MRI safety”.
MRIs can diagnosis and stage disease. They can help advance precision medicine. They have revolutionized imaging and to a large degree, greater healthcare. But like a powerful sports car, they must be used with care and by those with adequate training. For me incorrect use, just stopped time for a few minutes. For the husband in Long Island, poor safety stopped his time forever.
Mark E. Schweitzer, MD
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Free Access
Miaoyan Wang MD, Hua Zhu PhD, Tingting Huang PhD, Jingjing Qiao MD, Bo Peng PhD, Ni Shu PhD, Anqi Qiu PhD, Jian Cheng PhD, Haoxiang Jiang PhD
Page: spcone | First Published: 20 July 2025
Fiber Bundle Regions with Statistically Significant Differences in WM Microstructure between Groups Based on Traditional DTI Metrics (FA, MD) and DFA Metrics (Splay, Bend, Twist, and Total Distortion). Green Denoted WM Skeleton. Significant Changes Voxels (P < 0.05, TFCE Corrected for Multiple Comparisons) were Thickened by Using the Tract-Based Spatial Statistics Fill Function into Local Tracts (Red/Blue). Comparing PWMI-NONSCP with Healthy Children (A), PWMI-SCP with Healthy Children (B), and PWMI-NONSCP with PWMI-SCP (C). (D) Illustration of the Significantly Increased Twist of the DFA Metrics in the Corpus Callosum in PWMI-SCP Compared with PWMI-NONSCP while A Similar Pattern is Shown in the Tensor Field in FA Between the Two Groups. DFA = Director Field Analysis; FA = Fractional Anisotropy; MD = Mean Diffusion; PWMI = Periventricular White Matter Injury; SCP = Spastic Cerebral Palsy; TFCE = Threshold Free Cluster Enhancement; WM = White Matter. By Wang et al. (403-414)
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Free Access
Pages: 309-314 | First Published: 20 July 2025
Review
Effects of Static and Low‐Frequency Magnetic Fields on Gene Expression
Vitalii Zablotskii DrSc, Oksana Gorobets DrSc, Svitlana Gorobets DrSc, Tatyana Polyakova Mgr
Pages: 317-334 | First Published: 29 January 2025
High Impact Clinical Applications of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Women: A Review
Alex Diaz MD, Chelsea Meloche MD, Mohamed Abdelmotleb MD, Hamid Chalian MD, Ana Paula Santos Lima MD, Luba Frank MD, Karen Ordovas MD, MAS
Pages: 335-345 | First Published: 13 February 2025
Pre‐Treatment Breast MRI: Clinical Indications, Outcomes, and Future Directions
Brian N. Dontchos, Matthew D. Phelps, Habib Rahbar, Diana L. Lam
Pages: 346-361 | First Published: 15 February 2025
Open Access
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Dental Pulp Assessment: A Comprehensive Review
Bing Han, Na Chen, Jin Luo, Farzaneh Afkhami, Ove A. Peters, Xiaoyan Wang
Pages: 362-388 | First Published: 15 February 2025
Research Article
Head and Neck
Yu Chen MBBS, Linhan Zhai MS, Weiqiang Liang MS, Yangyang Yin MBBS, Yali Zhao MS, Gang Yuan MD, Ban Luo MS, Haoyue Shao MS, Wang Baoyi MS, Qiuxia Wang MD, Jing Zhang MD, PhD
Pages: 389-400 | First Published: 29 March 2025
Plain Language Summary
This study aimed to identify imaging biomarkers for the efficacy of methylprednisolone pulse therapy (MPPT) in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). Using 3D fast spin echo with 2-point Dixon-based fat suppression sequence, the authors measured volume and water fraction of orbital soft tissues and developed a classification model. Results showed that mean water fraction of extraocular muscles can be used to evaluate MPPT efficacy, while volume cannot. This article introduces a simple and effective biomarker and the supporting MRI sequence for MPPT outcomes in TAO patients.
Editorial
Sophie C. Queler, Ek T. Tan
Pages: 401-402 | First Published: 01 April 2025
Research Article
Pediatrics
Miaoyan Wang MD, Hua Zhu PhD, Tingting Huang PhD, Jingjing Qiao MD, Bo Peng PhD, Ni Shu PhD, Anqi Qiu PhD, Jian Cheng PhD, Haoxiang Jiang PhD
Pages: 403-414 | First Published: 07 February 2025
Editorial
Ravikanth Balaji, Bejoy Thomas, Neena Radhakrishnan
Pages: 415-416 | First Published: 18 April 2025
Research Article
Cardiac
Open Access
Tania Lala MS, Lea Christierson MS, Petter Frieberg MD, PhD, Daniel Giese PhD, Peter Kellman PhD, Nina Hakacova MD, PhD, Pia Sjöberg MD, PhD, Ellen Ostenfeld MD, PhD, Johannes Töger PhD
Pages: 417-429 | First Published: 20 January 2025
Ming-Lei Li MD, Ruo-Yang Shi MD, PhD, Jin-Yu Zheng MD, Jin-Yi Xiang MD, Ward Hedges MD, PhD, Julia Liang MD, PhD, Jiani Hu PhD, Jie Chen MD, PhD, Lei Zhao MD, PhD, Lian-Ming Wu MD, PhD
Pages: 430-443 | First Published: 11 February 2025
Shiqi Jin, Fan Wang, Huaibi Huo, Zhaoxin Tian, Shutong Liu, Ting Liu
Pages: 444-454 | First Published: 20 March 2025
Editorial
Hazel D. Sara Rovno
Pages: 455-456 | First Published: 01 April 2025
Research Article
Musculoskeletal
Fei Peng, Huayan Xu, Ting Xu, Ke Xu, Xiaotang Cai, Jiaoyang Li, Heng Zhao, Wenhong Liu, Yingkun Guo, Limin Liu
Pages: 457-467 | First Published: 04 March 2025
Neuro
Open Access
Yun Hwa Roh, E-Nae Cheong, Ji Eun Park, Yangsean Choi, Seung Chai Jung, Sang Woo Song, Young-Hoon Kim, Chang-Ki Hong, Jeong Hoon Kim, Ho Sung Kim
Pages: 468-479 | First Published: 08 April 2025
Yinwei Ying, Dongdong Wang, Yajing Zhao, Kai Quan, Xuanxuan Li, Yuxi Xie, Nan Mei, Jie Chen, Zhuoying Ruan, Rong Xu, Guoqiang Ren, Ruibin Liu, Yin Wu, Yiping Lu, Bo Yin
Pages: 480-493 | First Published: 20 April 2025
Ronghui Gao MD, Anjiao Peng MD, Yifei Duan MD, Mengyao Chen MS, Tao Zheng MS, Meng Zhang PhD, Lei Chen MD, Huaiqiang Sun PhD
Pages: 494-505 | First Published: 03 February 2025
Editorial
Barbara A. K. Kreilkamp
Pages: 506-507 | First Published: 26 February 2025
Research Article
Neuro
Kaiyang Zhao, Chaoyue Chen, Yang Zhang, Zhouyang Huang, Yanjie Zhao, Qiang Yue, Jianguo Xu
Pages: 508-518 | First Published: 17 March 2025
Editorial
Daniel Lewis, Ka-loh Li, Xiaoping Zhu
Pages: 519-520 | First Published: 04 April 2025
Research Article
Breast
Fan Liu, Lei Wu, Xinyi Luo, Sisi Li, Yishi Wang, Wen Zhong, Thorsten Feiweier, Junzhong Xu, Diwei Shi, Haihua Bao, Hua Guo
Pages: 521-533 | First Published: 11 March 2025
Editorial
Lingzhi Hu, Rong Rong
Pages: 534-535 | First Published: 12 March 2025
Research Article
Abdomen
Fangqing Wang, Xinghua Xu, Yinghui Chen, Jianwei Xu, Weiwei Ji, Dexin Yu
Pages: 536-548 | First Published: 10 March 2025
Editorial
Daniel J. A. Margolis, Andrea Siobhan Kierans
Pages: 549-550 | First Published: 10 March 2025
Research Article
Abdomen
Yali Li, Dan Jin, Suwei Liu, Chenyu Jiang, Ming Ni, Limin Feng, Yan Zhang, Yuxin Yang, Guangjin Zhou, Jiajia Xu, Shipei He, Liqiang Zhou, Huishu Yuan
Pages: 551-560 | First Published: 10 April 2025
Editorial
Teresa Lemainque, Alexandra Barabasch
Pages: 561-562 | First Published: 16 April 2025
Research Article
Technical
Lei Liu PhD, Ruotao Zhong MS, Yuzhen Zhang MS, Haoyang Wan BS, Shuju Chen BS, Nanfeng Zhang BS, JingJing Liu BS, Wei Mei MD, Ruibin Huang MS
Pages: 563-572 | First Published: 06 February 2025
Editorial
Eros Montin PhD
Pages: 573-574 | First Published: 12 February 2025
Commentary
Commentary on the “Effects of Static and Low‐Frequency Magnetic Fields on Gene Expression”
Dario A. Bencardino, Maxim Zaitsev
Pages: 575-576 | First Published: 25 March 2025
Research Article
Safety
Open Access
Evaluation of Software‐Optimized Protocols for Acoustic Noise Reduction During Brain MRI at 7 Tesla
Anton Glans, Linda Wennberg, Jonna Wilén, Lenita Lindgren, Pia C. Sundgren, Johan Mårtensson, Karin Markenroth Bloch, Boel Hansson
Pages: 577-587 | First Published: 06 March 2025
Participant Discomfort During 5 T MRI Examinations and Its Contributing Factors
Suwei Liu, Limin Feng, Yali Li, Ming Ni, Chenyu Jiang, Huishu Yuan
Pages: 588-597 | First Published: 29 March 2025
Editorial
Editorial for “Participant Discomfort During 5 T MRI Examinations and Its Contributing Factors”
Hendrik Mattern
Pages: 598-599 | First Published: 29 March 2025
Research Article
Vascular
Xiaoge Liu, Kai Zhang, Yutong Song, Xiyang Deng, Juan Tao, Yajie Liu, Chengjiang Xu, Guijiao Qin, Yasmin Mushtaq, Shaowu Wang
Pages: 600-611 | First Published: 20 March 2025
Editorial
Zubkov Mikhail
Pages: 612-613 | First Published: 10 April 2025
